‘There was no romantic activity with 15-year-old girl’

The former head of Britain’s police watchdog denied having sex with a 15-year-old girl today (fri). Michael Lockwood, 65, is said to have assaulted two 14-year-old girls while working as a lifeguard at a leisure centre in Hull, east Yorkshire, between 1979 and 1986. He stood down as director general of the Independent Office for Police Conduct in December 2022. Lockwood denies three counts of rape and six counts of indecent assault between 1985 and 1986. He also denies eight…